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Today's Event – 2nd October 2021

  • 1789 – The United States Bill of Rights is sent to the various States for ratification 

  • 1928 – The "Prelature of the Holy Cross and the Work of God", commonly known as Opus Dei, is founded. 

  • 1958 – Guinea declares its independence from France. 

  • 1967 – Thurgood Marshall is sworn in as the first African-American justice of the United States Supreme Court. 

  • 1968 – Mexican President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz orders soldiers to suppress a demonstration of unarmed students, ten days before the start of the 1968 Summer Olympics. 

  • 1980 – Michael Myers becomes the first member of either chamber of Congress to be expelled since the Civil War. 

  • 1996 – The Electronic Freedom of Information Act Amendments are signed by U.S. President Bill Clinton 

  • 2002 – The Beltway sniper attacks begin in Washington, D.C., extending over three weeks and killing 10 people 

  • 2004 – The first park run, then known as the Bushy Park Time Trial, takes place in Bushy Park, London, UK. 

  • 2006 – Five Amish girls are murdered in a shooting at a school in Pennsylvania, United States 

  • 2016 – Ethiopian protests break out during a festival in the Oromia region, killing dozens of people 

  • 2018 – The Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi is assassinated in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, Turkey 

  • 2020-US President Donald Trump announces that he and First Lady Melania are both tested positive for COVID-19 

National Events- 

  •  India logged 24,354 new COVID-19 cases, taking the tally to 3,37,91,061, while the active cases declined to 2,73,889, according to the Union health ministry's data updated on Saturday.

  •  It turned out to be a Black Friday in Kerala as the State witnessed a cold-blooded murder of a 21-year-old girl by her collegemate of the same age allegedly for spurning the latter’s proposal for love.

  •  The trial runs for the Mumbai Metro-3 –involving the Colaba-Bandra-SEEPZ corridor --will begin sometime in January 2022, the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (MMRCL) announced here on Friday.

  •  The Mumbai police in the charge sheet filed in the Sakinaka rape and murder case has stated that the accused had been acquainted with the victim, who had been avoiding him, which prompted him to track her down and attack her, sources said on Friday. 

  • A newly recruited terrorist belonging to the Pakistan based terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) was eliminated by the joint team of security forces in the Rakhama area of Shopian while  two LeT terrorists were apprehended by the security forces from two different locations in Pulwama and Shopian districts of South Kashmir

International Events- 

  •  Iran's national Army began exercises on Friday near its border with Azerbaijan, state TV reported, putting on a display of military capabilities near a neighbor it is increasingly skeptical of its ties to the West and Israel.

  •  The U.S. Military expects to begin receiving new Afghanistan evacuees in the United States next week, as thousands begin to wrap up a three-week pause in Europe and the Middle East to get measles shots.

  •  The Islamic State's Afghanistan affiliate, dubbed Islamic State Khorasan or ISIS-K, has claimed responsibility for the killing of a well-known Sikh 'Hakeem in Pakistan's restive north-western city of Peshawar.

  •  More than 15,000 people from Myanmar are estimated to have crossed the border into India since the February 1 military coup there, UN chief Antonio Guterres has said, telling the General Assembly in a report that armed clashes have erupted mostly in regions and states along the borders with Thailand, China and India and are raising concern about regional implications of the crisis.

  • Taking a cue from MI6, the Taliban has now created over 300 WhatsApp and Telegram with non-Taliban members in countries like Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, and Russia among others to radicalize the local people in these countries and get them affiliated with the Taliban.

Job alerts-

  • AMTRON Jobs for Manager & Officer and other posts. Last date 23.10.2021

  • NHM Jind Jobs for Ambulance Driver and other posts. Last date 04 October 2021

  • SAIL Jobs for General Duty Medical Officers and other posts. Last date 11th October 2021

  • TNPSC Jobs for Architectural Assistant / Planning Assistant and other posts. Last date 23rd October 2021

  • OPSC Jobs for Geologist and other posts. Last date 29-10-2021

Sports-

  •  Newly retired boxing star Manny Pacquiao filed his certificate of candidacy for the Philippine presidency Friday at the start of a weeklong registration period for candidates seeking to lead a Southeast Asian nation that has been hit hard by the pandemic and deep political conflicts.

  • Lightning and torrential rain brought a premature end to the second day's play with India reaching 276 for five against Australia in the one-off day-night Test here on Friday. 

  •  Seasoned bureaucrat Sujata Chaturvedi on Friday took charge as the new sports secretary from the outgoing Ravi Mittal. Chaturvedi, who was appointed to the post last month, is a 1989 batch IAS officer of Bihar cadre. Mittal got his superannuation on September 30.

  •  Flamboyant opener Smriti Mandhana shattered a few records en route to slamming a magnificent maiden Test century as India progressed to 231/3 in the second day's opening session of the day/night match against Australia here on Friday.

  • A magnificent 101 not out from opener Ruturaj Gaikwad guided Chennai Super Kings to 189 for four against Rajasthan Royals in their Indian Premier League, match here on Saturday.

Awards and honours-

  •  41 gold medals given to toppers of under-graduate exams of Patna University

  •  Aadhya Arvind Shankar of Bangalore won the Children’s Peace Image of the Year-Global Peace Photo Award

Technology-

  •  After years of Samsung filling up its stock apps with ads, the company has finally stopped that practice as Samsung Pay, Weather and Health have officially stopped serving ads.

  •  Tech giant Google has stopped working on its Plex service, which aimed to let users do their banking through the Google Pay app, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has reported.

  •  Electric vehicle company Tesla has deployed its first two Supercharger stations in Morocco, marking its first entry into the African market.

  •  Microsoft is all set to launch its Windows 11 operating system next week on October 5.

  • Apple has released iOS 15.0.1 today and it is the first official update for the iPhone after the iOS 15 that was released last month.

Economy – 

  •  India’s sugar export rose 20 percent to an all-time high of 7.1 million tonnes in the 2020-21 marketing year ended last month on the back of better demand and financial assistance from the government, industry body ISMA said on Friday. 

  •  The Department of Telecom has canceled letters of intent (LoIs) issued to 71 firms for providing internet service as virtual network operators, as per an official note issued on Friday.

  •  The rapid growth of the crypto ecosystem presents new opportunities, the IMF has said but also cautioned that the digital currency assets pose financial stability challenges.

  •  India’s Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection remained above the Rs 1-lakh-crore mark for a third straight month in September at over Rs  1.17 lakh crore, the Finance Ministry said on Friday.

  •  The 30-share BSE Sensex opened on the backfoot and stayed in the negative zone throughout the session, ending 360.78 points or 0.61 percent lower at 58,765.58. On similar lines, the broader NSE Nifty declined 86.10 points or 0.49 percent to close at 17,532.05.

Local –

  •  Delhi has recorded a temperature of 35 Celsius

  •  West Bengal has recorded 761 covid cases and 9 deaths

  •  33 new covid cases and 1 death has been recorded in Delhi

  •  636 covid cases and 4 deaths recorded in Kerala

  • Rajasthan authorities have confirmed zero covid deaths but people must follow covid rules

GK – 

Which institution has developed the first alternative to corneal transplantation in India?

[A] AIIMS
[B] JIPMER
[C] IIT- Hyderabad
[D] NIT- Tiruchirappalli

 

Lucy Mission, which was seen in the news recently, is associated with which space agency?

[A] ISRO
[B] NASA
[C] Blue Origin
[D] SpaceX

 

Which technology company has launched the ‘Creator education programme’ in India?

[A] Amazon
[B] Facebook
[C] Microsoft
[D] Google

 

What does ‘P’ stand for in the PCA Framework, related with the Reserve Bank of India?

[A] Public
[B] Private
[C] Prompt
[D] Priority

 

What is the External debt ratio to GDP of India, as of March 2020?

 

[A] 1.11%
[B] 11.1%
[C] 21.1%
[D] 41.1%

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